In the past I have taken a look at a nice variety of small form factor PCs. Out of all of them I was most impressed with the NUC. Not only did it have the smallest form factor, but it also performed extremely well. It really opened up my eyes to the possibility that only gamers and enthusiasts will be sporting full or mid-sized PCs in the future. We already see a lot of people moving to just using a laptop or even a tablet. So beyond the NUC I was really curious about other NUC like PCs like the Brix from Gigabyte. Well today I have the chance to check out the Brix GB-BXA8-5557, an AMD based PC that has a similar footprint to Intel’s NUC. Let’s see what it is all about and find out if it can hold its own in the performance benchmarks compared to the others.
Product Name: Gigabyte Brix GB-BXA8-5557
Review Sample Provided by: Gigabyte
Written by: Wes
Pictures by: Wes
Amazon link: HERE
| Specifications | |
| Dimension | 0.88L (59.6 X 128 x 115.4 mm) |
| Motherboard Size | 100 x 105 mm |
| CPU | AMD Richland Processor A8-5557M 2.1G/3.1G |
| Chipset | AMD Bolton M3 |
| Graphics | Radeon™ HD 8550G |
| Memory |
2 x SO-DIMM DDR3L slots (DDR3 1.35V) 1333/1600 MHz Max. 16GB |
| LAN | Gigabit LAN (Realtek RTL8111G) |
| Audio | Realtek ALC269 |
| HDMI Resolution (Max.) | 1920 x 1080 @60Hz |
| Mini DP Resolution (Max.) | 4096 x 2160 @30Hz |
| Expansion Slots |
1 x mSATA slot 1 x Half-size mini-PCIe slot occupied by the WiFi IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac + Bluetooth 4.0 combo half mini card 1 X SATA slot |
| Front I/O |
2 x USB 3.0 1 x head phone jack |
| Rear I/O |
1 x HDMI 1 x Mini DisplayPort 2 x USB 3.0 1 x RJ45 1 x DC-In 1 x Kensington lock slot |
| Storage | Supports 2.5” thickness 7.0/9.5mm Hard Drives (1 x 6Gbps SATA3) |
| Power Supply |
Input: AC 100-240V Output: DC 19V 7.1A |
| VESA |
Bracket included Supports 75 x 75 and 100 x 100 mm |
| Support OS |
WIN7 32/64bit WIN8 32/64bit WIN8.1 32/64bit |
| Environment |
System Environment Operating Temperature: 0°C to +35°C System Storage Temperature: -20°C to +60°C |
